Stalled U.S. funding for Ukraine affecting fight against Russia, says NATO head – UPI.com

Source: Stalled U.S. funding for Ukraine affecting fight against Russia, says NATO head – UPI.com

NATO promises to supply Ukraine with one million drones — Meduza (Me: Hear this GOP!)

During a briefing in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance has committed to providing Ukraine with one million drones. The decision was made following two days of negotiations.

The U.K. and Latvia will supply thousands of drones to Ukraine as leaders of an international coalition to “build Ukraine’s vital drone capabilities,” announced U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps on Thursday…

Source: NATO promises to supply Ukraine with one million drones — Meduza

Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has died — Meduza – RIP

Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has died. This was reported by the local administration of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).

According to the FSIN’s statement, Navalny “felt unwell after a walk and almost immediately lost consciousness.” “All necessary resuscitation measures were carried out, which did not yield positive results. Emergency medical personnel confirmed the death of the convict. The cause of death is being established.”

Sources told Russian state propaganda network RT that Navalny died from a detached blood clot.

Navalny was being held in Correctional Facility No. 3 in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

The politician was 47 years old.

Source: Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has died — Meduza

Corpo de Dança do Amazonas inicia turnê nacional exaltando a dança contemporânea com DNA amazônico : Linkezine

Corpo de Dança do Amazonas inicia turnê nacional exaltando a dança contemporânea com DNA amazônico

Aos 25 anos de atuação, o Corpo de Dança do Amazonas (CDA) acumula premiações, se destacando no cenário da dança contemporânea em palcos no Brasil e no exterior. A companhia estatal inicia nova turnê, nesta quinta-feira (15/02), passando pelas cidades de Fortaleza (CE), Brasília (DF) e Curitiba (PR).

Source: Corpo de Dança do Amazonas inicia turnê nacional exaltando a dança contemporânea com DNA amazônico : Linkezine

GRRRRRRRRRRRROWL!!! | Filosofa’s Word

…With only 14 days left until the next looming government shutdown on March 1st, the United States House of Representatives left town at 2:30 yesterday afternoon for a 13-day recess.  They will return on February 28th, just two days before the government is set to partially shut down, and ten days before the rest of the federal government will shut down.  Not one single appropriations bill to fund the government past March 1st has been passed, nor even discussed as far as I can tell.

Would somebody please tell me just what they need a recess from???  They haven’t done one damn bit of work since they returned from their Christmas break!!!  Instead of working on legislation like the appropriations bills, as they are paid to do, they’ve been playing partisan games like sham impeachments and foolhardy ‘investigations’ into nothing!  I say we expel every damn Republican from the House … send them all packing as we did George Santos … so long, farewell, don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!  Good riddance to bad rubbish!  If they had any bit of a conscience, they would resign and turn the reins over to someone who does want to do the best job for the people of this nation, for these oafs surely have no desire to do their job!

Source: GRRRRRRRRRRRROWL!!! | Filosofa’s Word

Millions of donkeys killed each year to make medicine – Stigmatis News

…Its origins are thousands of miles from that field in Kenya. In China, a traditional medicinal remedy that is made with the gelatin in donkey skin is in high demand. It is called Ejiao.

It is believed to have health-enhancing and youth-preserving properties. Donkey skins are boiled down to extract the gelatin, which is made into powder, pills or liquid, or is added to food.

Campaigners against the trade say that people like Steve – and the donkeys they depend on – are victims of an unsustainable demand for Ejiao’s traditional ingredient.

In a new report, the Donkey Sanctuary, which has campaigned against the trade since 2017, estimates that globally at least 5.9 million donkeys are slaughtered every year to supply it. And the charity says that demand is growing, although the BBC was unable to independently verify those figures…

Source: Millions of donkeys killed each year to make medicine – Stigmatis News